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Website: www.tellmescotland.gov.uk.
Drivers should be aware that roads in Central Scotland may be affected by ice as temperatures begin to fall into late afternoon.
Chief Inspector Donald McMillan, head of Roads Policing in the Forth Valley, said: “As the sun goes down, the temperatures are likely to fall further and ice is more likely to form on road surfaces.
“Black ice in particular is more likely in areas where snow is lying at the side of carriageways and where there has been some melting. That meltwater is likely to freeze over as we see more sub-zero temperatures as forecast.
“I would ask motorists to continue to plan ahead, be aware of the weather forecasts, be prepared in terms of your own welfare and your vehicle and drive with care.
“The major routes across the Forth Valley remain open and traffic is flowing as normal.”
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Stirling Council have made the decision that there is to be no school transport operating Thursday 16 December 2010. This is due to the assessment of further poor weather conditions that may affect the Council area and is required that no school transport should be operated even if schools are open. We have also been advised that drivers will be informing schoolchildren waiting at bus stops for service buses, not to travel to school on a service bus as there may be no service to return homewards.
We have been advised that the weather forecast is for heavy persistent rain over night. Tomorrow the temperature will be freezing resulting in widespread icy stretches forming after 0600 and a brief spell of snow. The rest of the day is predicted to be dry and bright.
The Council is hopeful that they can provide transport as from Friday 17 December 2010.
Balfron High School will be open but from 10am only but only for those pupils who can safely get to school and back home again without school transport.
Please check the Stirling Council website for updates for transport on Friday and from Monday 20 December 2010.
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FED-UP residents in rural Stirlingshire say the council’s winter gritting policy is rubbing salt into their wounds.
Denis Noblett, who lives at the remote Hillhead Retreat on Cowie’s Carnock Road, has been camped inside his house for almost two weeks.
Read the full news article on Stirling Observer website: www.stirlingobserver.co.uk/stirling-news/local-news-stirling/news-stirling/2010/12/10/grit-grumblings-from-rural-residents-51226-27798371/
In response to the weather conditions and disruption over the last two weeks, Stirling Council, will be providing Free Park and Ride.
Stirling’s Park and Ride service will be free from Saturday 11th until Christmas Eve. Forthside car park will also be free during this period and visitors can also park here and hop-on the Park and Ride bus.
Website: www.stirling.gov.uk/index/services/roads/parking/parkandride.htm.
Source: www.facebook.com/stirlingcouncil/posts/181755625170616.
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“Over the past week, many people have been parking cars on Main Street, Killearn due to the extent of snow coverage in the side streets.
Whilst this practice is understandable, the parking is now starting to have negative impact on the community. Bus services which pass through Killearn are now being diverted along Station Road. This creates great problems for public transport users in the Branziert Road area, many of whom are elderly.
Similarly, it is becoming increasingly difficult to simply drive along Main Street, Killearn given the amount of cars parked in this area.
Clearly shops such as the Co-op and Spar require deliveries, and their drivers have experienced great difficulty in making deliveries of essential items such as bread and milk.
Stirling Council are making great efforts to clear side streets of snow and ice. Streets such as Beech Drive have been ploughed on a number of occasions now. Where ever possible, can I appeal to residents of Killearn to please avoid parking in Main Street and Balfron Road.
Many cars on these roads have clearly not been moved for several days and could just as safely be parked in driveways or in the side streets.
Thank you for your assistance in this regard and your co-operation would be greatly appreciated.
David McNally PC439”
Thanks to Nigel Kelly for forwarding this email on to us.
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Schools across central and western Scotland are closed on Tuesday and commuters on the road and rails have suffered disruption and delays as winter weather continues to bite.
Schools in Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire have been closed due to snow and ice.
Read the full news article on STV news website: http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/212968-schools-close-across-the-west-of-scotland/
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